Lost purgatory theory
I'm watching Lost for the second time and every time I watch an episode with the entire plot in mind I can see how the purgatory theory is one of the ones that most fits in.
The basic idea is the following:
Everybody died in the plain crash and they were brought to the island because they all had something to complete before moving on. The Dharma Initiative was a group of scientist that somehow made it to the purgatory to be able to exploit its magic.
There are few things that matches with this theory, the main ones, I can come up with, are:
- People gets sick (like Ben) because that's not the place where they are supposed to be since they are alive.
- The healing capacities of the island (that healed John) is a metaphor of the fact that in a soul trip the body doesn't have to weight.
What are the main proofs of this theory and what are the main against it?
Best Answer
No, various LOST creators and show-writers have debunked this theory.
According to LOST creator JJ Abrams, the theory is incorrect. The island is not purgatory.
From the linked video (emphasis mine):
Abrams (When asked if there were any fan theories he particularly liked): The one I like... is the purgatory one, because it was such a cool idea and though that's not what it is, it's like it was such a great idea...
Show-writer Carlton Cuse also said this:
No, no, no. They were not dead the whole time.
Fellow show-writer and creator Damon Lindelof also said this, in the same talk.
For us, one of the ongoing conversations with the audience and there was a very early perception, was that the island was purgatory and we were always out there saying, "It's not purgatory, this is real, we're not going to Sixth Sense you
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Answer 2
I think you're looking for more definitive proof of your purgatory theory being valid.
I would say that it is a type of purgatory because in the finale, they all converge to a building and attend their own funeral.
According to Wikipedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Purgatory),
Purgatory is, according to Roman Catholic teaching, the state or place of purification or temporary punishment[1] by which those who die in a state of grace are believed to be made ready for the Beatific Vision in Heaven.
It looked to me as if they were all going to heaven.
I found quite a few articles to support the purgatory. This one here http://www.losttvfans.com/page/Purgatory has some good points to support it
- Purgatory would explains why women cannot give birth to children conceived on the island.
- In the episode “The Brig” when Sawyer asks John’s father, Anthony Cooper, how he got to the island, he explains that he was in a car accident and the next thing he knew, he was tied to a chair and gagged and looking at his “dead son”: John Locke.
- Sawyer asks if he thought Locke was dead because he threw him out of a window and Cooper replies: “He’s dead because a plane he was flying on crashed in the pacific.” Sawyer doesn’t believe him, then Cooper says: “If this isn’t hell, friend…then where are we?”
In “A Man Behind The Curtain”, there are a few things that support the purgatory theory.
- One is when Young Ben sees his mother, who died when he was born, on the island.
- Another is that when we see Richard in Ben’s flashbacks, he appears to be the same age then as he is now. Maybe he's not supposed to seem the same age but could it be because he is already dead?
- Also, Jack sees his dead father. Kate sees a dead horse.
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